单词 | the boys |
释义 | > as lemmasthe boys b. Without specifying word (esp. as the boys). extracted from boyn.1int. (a) Ruffians, yobs, hooligans, thugs. Cf. b'hoy n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > person tyrant1377 routera1500 termagant1508 ruffy?a1513 ruffiana1525 pander1593 thunderbolt1593 bully1604 ruffiano1611 tearer1633 violentoa1661 boy1662 violent1667 hardhead1774 Arab1788 ring-tailed roarer1828 blood-tub1853 tornado1863 stormer1886 hooligan1898 Apache1902 ned1910 rough-up1911 radge1923 goonda1926 pretty-boy1931 tough baby1932 bad-john1935 hoon1938 shit-kicker1954 tough boy1958 oafo1959 ass-kicker1962 droog1962 trog1983 1662 Life & Death Mrs. Mary Frith 79 This was so famed and noysed all about Town that I durst not appear for the Boyes. 1664 T. Killigrew Parsons Wedding v. iv, in Comedies & Trag. 152 Her Lady and she are coming, but in such a fury, I would not have the storm find you in the street; therefore I counsel you to avoid the boys, and take shelter in the next house. 1705 P. A. Motteux Amorous Miser ii. i. 25 Shou'd this report only..continue three or four days, you wou'd not be able to appear at your own Door for the Boys. Not at your own Door, Signior! a1790 B. Franklin Autobiogr. (1981) i. 7 I was generally a Leader among the Boys, and sometimes led them into Scrapes. 1834 Knickerbocker 3 34 The landlord after telling me not to mind the boys, went about his business. 1843 Punch 29 Apr. 179/2 The comments and cheers of those very important members of street society, the boys. 1855 E. G. Squier Waikna iv. 92 A figure approached, creating hardly less sensation among the people, than he would have done among the ‘boys’ in the Bowery. 1983 Times 25 July 11/3 Ring back pronto, schmuck or I'll send the boys round to break both yer legs. 1991 Independent (Nexis) 23 Feb. 15 If you find out who done it, we'll send the boys round and kneecap them. (b) Men of the armed forces; soldiers.See also boys in blue n. at blue adj. and n. Phrases 7b. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > [noun] > collectively boy1755 c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 7064 (MED) Wawain hadde wiþ him..Of orped boies þousandes fiftene.] 1755 A. Murray Let. 7 Oct. in Nova Scotia Hist. Soc. Coll. (1883) III. 165 If you will now Send Down a Good Parcel from your Districts, and Make your Boys Drive them this Length, I will take them off your hands. 1821 J. F. Cooper Spy I. xvi. 242 I sould two of her quarters to some of your troop; but divil the word did I tell the boys what an ould frind it was they had bought. 1881 F. E. Weatherly Old Brigade 2 Where are the boys of the Old Brigade? 1899 Congress. Rec. Feb. 1743/1 Some of you..remember when at Vicksburg our boys got so close to the Confederates that they talked back and forth. 1918 in F. A. Pottle Stretchers (1929) 116 Germans put over a box barrage entirely around the wood, hemming our boys in. 1959 M. Shadbolt New Zealanders 36 The time when we would watch the boys swing, bayonets flashing,..towards the grey waiting ships. 1997 Esquire Feb. 14/1 He returns this month to present a grunt's-eye-view of Bosnia and the boys of the 1st Armored Division's Dawg Pound Platoon. (c) slang. The criminal fraternity; (sometimes spec.) the petty criminals frequenting a particular sporting venue, esp. a racecourse. Now rare. ΚΠ 1846 N.Y. Herald 8 Feb. 1/4 ‘Crib’ in Park Row, where..the ‘boys’ were playing the thimble rig, commonly called the little Joker. a1889 Bird o' Freedom (Sydney) in A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang (1889) I. 174/2 Cleansing the rings from..those criminal scoundrels known as the boys. 1925 Brit. Weekly 12 Mar. 573/2 Buy..small nuts and put them in your pocket with your cash. There isn't one of the boys can dip you [i.e. pick your pocket] then. 1937 Evening News 12 Mar. 15/6 (advt.) The twisters, the welshers, the ‘spivs’ and the ‘boys’ are getting ready for a profitable session of the gentle sport of rooking the racegoer. 1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad i. 13 Down goes the Squad the night before to greet ‘the boys’ at the turnstiles. (d) colloquial. Members of a group sharing common (typically masculine) interests; one's (male) fellows or habitual companions. Esp. in one of the boys: one who belongs to such a group; spec. one who conforms to its interests or practices, ‘a good sport’. Cf. lad n.1 Additions. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > one's fellows or habitual companions boy1850 the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > social intercourse or companionship > [noun] > quality of being a good fellow > good fellow or sport sport1881 one of the boys1893 1850 J. G. Saxe Addr. & Proc. 132 I, who..Feel the natural pride of a dutiful son, And esteem it to-day, the proudest of joys, That, not less than yourselves, I am one of the boys! 1886 Lantern (New Orleans) 8 Sept. 3/1 When he happens in with the boys, he can enjoy himself. 1889 W. Skey Pirate Chief 195 He goes on Sundays to the ‘pub.’ And sits among ‘the boys’. 1893 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Nov. 20/3 She doesn't want to be treated like a lady because she wants to be ‘one of the boys’. 1930 P. G. Wodehouse Very Good, Jeeves vii. 192 A chummy lion-tamer—a tamer who, after tucking the lions in for the night, relaxes in the society of the boys. 1969 New Yorker 3 May 64/3 He doesn't do it by being one of the boys. That's not his nature. He's a lone wolf. 1984 S. Knight Brotherhood ii. ix. 87 He was liked and respected as ‘one of the boys’, and a very different kind of respect from that enjoyed by the absent Commissioner. 2006 Marie Claire (U.K. ed.) Oct. 162/3 I would travel with him and the team,..and being with ‘the boys’ made it easier to forget than if we'd been wallowing at home. < as lemmas |
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